Montgomery County's Historic Black Communities: Remembering Their Legacy & Reconciling Their Losses Webinar series

Many of these communities were founded as early as before the Civil War by emancipated, formerly enslaved people and later in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though changed, some communities—and their descendants—remain today.

Part 1: Inside Historic Black Communities -- an overview of the history

Monday, November 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Tracy Oliver-Gary of Mongtomery County Public Schools, will provide an overview, followed by a panel discussion with Rev. Gerry Green (Pleasant View) and Rev. Chuck Copeland (Martinsburg). To register for this session click this link: https://bit.ly/2026RRMSeries1

Part 2: Displacement and Decline of Black Communities, an accounting of the social, economic and political currents -- including urban renewal in the 1960s and '70s -- that led to their decline

Thursday, November 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Oliver-Gary will provide an overview, followed by a panel discussion with Del. Greg Wims and LaTisha Gasaway-Paul (Scotland). To register for this session click this link: https://bit.ly/2026RRMSeries2

Part 3: Acts of Reconciliation, a discussion of opportunities for redressing the historic decline of those communites

Monday, November 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Oliver-Gary will provide an overview, followed by a panel discussion with Del. Charlotte Crutchfield and Rev. Tim Warner (Emory Grove). To register for this session click this link: https://bit.ly/2026RRMSeries3

Co-sponsored by the Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation, Montgomery County Public Schools, and the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project